Form: Typescripts - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 12.5 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of sketches, artwork, illustrations, dummies, galleys, typescripts, and color separations created by Virginia Lee Burton for the book Life Story (1962).

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This is a small collection of papers by the author Eulalie Osgood Grover. This collection consists of two typescript French translations of Sunbonnet Babies, a printed copy of A Trip to Egypt by Dreamland Babies, advertising material for The Art-Literature Readers, and correspondence. The majority of the correspondence is from the illustrator Bertha Corbett Melcher, with whom Grover collaborated frequently.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: This is a collection of manuscripts and notes by Elizabeth Ripley for her last three artist biographies: Copley: A Biography, Hokusai: A Biography, and Rodin: A Biography. Materials include drafts, outlines, notes, dummies, proofs, photographs, and correspondence.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.13 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Clippings and typescripts of writings by the German-American author Edna Fern (pseudonym of Fernande Richter), who was active in St. Louis, Mo. Two photographs are included, one of the author and one of her husband Georg Richter.

Held at: German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library [Contact Us]